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VOLUME 13
McCONNELLSBURG, PA., DECEMBER 14, 1911.
NUMBER 13
RECORD OF DEATHS.
Persons Well Known to Many of Our
Readers, Who Have Answered
Final Summons.
ReheccaRotz Stoops.
Rebecca wife of Lloyd Stoops,
died at their home Dear Blue
Rock chapel, in Franklin county
last Saturday evening of pulmon
ary tuberculosis. The funeral
took place at S;3o Tuesday morn
ing, at Blue Rock chapel and in
terment was made in the adjoin
ing graveyard. The services
were conducted by her pastor,
Rev. P. E Swope. of the Reform
ed church, Marion, Pa.
Mrs. Stoop9 was a daughter of
Samuol and Martha C'thick Rotz,
formerly of this county, but now
residing in Chambersburg. She
was born Feb. 14, 1881; hence
she was aged 3o years, lo months
and 15 days. For several years
she was a very succesf ul teacher,
she having taught both in this
county and in Franklin county.
It is suspected that she contract
ed the fatal disease by teaching
in a school that had been taught
by a consumptive the term pre
ceding. Besides her husband and an
infant son, she is survived by
her parents and the following
brothers and sisters: Gertie, wife
of John Myers, Chambersburg;
Andrew Rotz, Mary, wife of Prof.
Emory Thomas, and Daniel
all living near McConnellsburg;
Samuel, a twin brother of Daniel,
living in Illinois; Efiie, wife of
Harvey Wenthng, Chambers
burg; Benjamin and Jacob at
Marion; Fannie, Ralph, and Earl
at the home of their parents in
Chambersburg.
John Elder Campbell
John E Campbell died at his
home on part of the old Camp
bell homestead in Dublin town
ship, Tuesday morning, Decern
ber 12, 1911, aged almost seventy
nine years. The luneral will
take place to day, and interment
will be made m the cemetery at
Knobsville.
In young manhood Mr. Camp
. bell learned the tanning trade,
and worked in the tannery at
Nossville, Huntingdon county
several years. He served in the
Union army during the Rebel
lion, and after the war lived in
RaiDsburg, Bedford county a
while. For several years he has
resided in Dublin township,
where he died.
Mr. Campbell was an excellent
citizen, a good neighbor, and had
a wide circle of friends. '
ttobert, a half brother, and
Mwy, a half-sister, live in
Kogetsville, Tonn., James, a
brothor, hves in the West, and
Mrs. Jane Keepers, a sister, has
been living in the home with her
brother John for some time.
Not to Be Opened Until Christmas.
The postal department at
ashington has given permission
to write on all packages Bent a
Christmas gifts, the sentence
'ottobe opened until Christ
aw," even, if they are sent at
"econd, third or fr.nrt.h i.,a
wtes. This is done to prompt
i-wwiuatoBena their Christmas
Bins at anv ti
, uwii nuu uuv
ait until a day or two before
nstm.as. By delaying the
"b, mere is always such a
K'ut in all large post offices that
th an extra force, many pack
ages cannot bo delivered until a
uavr two after Christmas.
Cito Dedication.
Ther lew M. E. Church at Cito
ffdlCated laat Sunday even
g! after an all day service. The
to AdatD8 a fomer Pas-
and n h9 Charge s present
preached both morning and
ening The debt was all raised
reilbUf 1b0Ut 375- The
turnUh a niC6ly flnl8hed an
adt ?8a9 t0 be attractive
Qd comfortable.
ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL
The State Wants Every Child to At
tend Regularly and no Hook
ey Playing.
The state gives liberal aid for
the maintenance of our public
schools, and no extra expense is
imposed for books or other ne
cessary supplies, upon the par
ents of those who do attend, thus
making our schools free In the
fullest sense of the term. Hut
in return the State wants every
child between the ages of six and
sixteen years to be regular in at
tendance, in order that they may
be qualified for the activities of
life. To this ' requirement there
is a provision that children be
tween fourteen and sixteen years
of age who have acquired a cer
tain degree of proficiency may
be given certificates excusing
them from attendance. But
with all these liberal provisions
so a,e parents are so indifferent
as to allow their children to at
tend school or remain away, just
as it suits them, and some re
quire them to work when they
should be preparing themselves
for work, hence we have compul
sory attendance laws. The new
school code makes the following
provisions for this:
Section 1432. The board of
school directors of every school
district in this Commonwealth of
the first, second or third class,
shall, and in any school district
of the fourth class may, employ
one or more persons to be known
as attendance officers, whose du
ties shall be to enforce the pro
visions of this Act regarding
compulsory attendance. Such
attendance officers shall, in ad
dition to the duties imposed upon
them by this Act, have full police
power without warrant, and may
arrest or apprehend any child
who fails to attend school in com
pliance with the provisions of this
Act, or who is incorrigible, in
subordinate, or disorderly dur
ing attendance at school or on his
way to or from school.
Parents should not neglect
their duty or they may be made
to feel the penalty of the law.
SEVERE WINTER.
Fierce Cold Waves and Blizzards are
Forecasted-lloliday Period Will
Be Mild One.
Prepare for a severe winter!
The goose bone reading has been
announced, a news dispatch from
Reading this week giving this
forecast:
The coming winter, as indi
cated by the readings of the
goose hatched last spring accor
ding to the theory of the late
Elias Hartz, will be a hummer.
The coal bins are likely to re
quire more frequent V refilling
than for some wintors.
The bone shows many dark
markings. This moans severe
weather. Such a bone was sub
mitted to Erastus Moyer, a ve
teran weather sharp for his
opinion.
A fierce blizzard covering a
wide territory is predicted by
him after the holidays.
"Blow! Well if the black wavy
lines are correct the snow plows
will surely be taxed to their ut
most to prevent a general tie-up
of railroad business," he de
clared. "Real winter weather will set
in with a sudden drop in the tem
perature of from 85 to 4o de
grees," he says. 'This will oc
cur about December So and con
tinue for some days, when mild
er weather will prevail. Good
sleighing is promised. Several
weeks after Christmas another
storm is probable.
'This will be followed by a cold
wave which will sweep over this
section like a whirlwind. Drifts
of snow will block avenues of
travel.
"January and February will be
cold. ' Several considerable drops
in temperature may be exper
ienced but they will be of short
duration. The marking of the
bone indicates but slight assur
ance of very mild weather before
March. There will bean abun
dance of ice,"
OFFICIAL BONDS.
County Officers Elect Are Busy Arrang
ing to Meet the Demand of
the New Laws.
Blank forms of bonds for the
newly-elected county oflicials
have arrived at the recorder of
deeds office and because of the
large amount of surety that is re
quired by the state these forms
8 re attracting considerable at
tention. The forms set forth
that the respective officials have
been elected to servo fouryear9
beginning January 1, 1912. Aft
er the sureties have been secured
they must bo returned to the re
corder of deeds who will forward
them to Ilarrisburg for approval
Sheriff-elect James J. Harris
is required to tile a bond amount
ing to 8,ooo, and in addition ho
must file a recognizance in the
same amount, making a total
bonded security ot 10,ooo. B,
Frank Henry puts up 22,5oo,
divided up as follows: As Pro-
tbonotaiy,2,ooo; Recorder,$7,5oo;
as Register of Wills, $7,oop; and
as Clerk of the Courts, &c 3,ooo.
Treasurer Samuel W. Hess
must file a bond in the sum of
$3o,ooo. Of this amount, $25,ooo
ia for the faithful performance of
the duties of the office, and 5,-
ooo for money8 due the State, and
pay and hand over to his succes
sor all books and balance of mon
eys in his hands.
County Commissioners elect
F. M. Lodge, Jonas Lake, and D.
F. Trout must each file a bond
for 2,ooo each.
Fort London Boy Acquitted.
On the l!)th of last July a mov
ing picture show was on the
school-house grounds at Fort
Loudon. A lot of toys were
there and began throwing apple
cores and green apples. One hit
Barton, a brother of Frank Kann.
Garnet Gish aged 13 years was
there playing mumbleypeg, and
Frank threw an apple at Garnet
who threw the one that struck
Frank's little brother. Frank
said, "Hit me and not my little
brother and Garnet hit Frank
with an apple or core. Frank
and Garnet began fighting, strik
ing each other with their hands.
Some boys laid a stick between
the two fighting boys, and Frank
and Garnet stood on either side
of this stick, and if one stepped
over, the other would push him
back. Frank, who wore slippers
rn which were half soles, kicked
Garnet on the left hip with his
right foot. About this time Gar
net's mother called, and Garnet
ran home on an easy trot. Four
days later, Garnet complained of
pains, a physican was called, and
in a week from the time he began
to complain, he died. An autopsy
was performed, and it was found
that death had resulted from in
jury to the spine and hip. The
case wa9 tried in the court at
Chambersburg last week and
Frank was acquitted.
Two Churches in Three Years.
The new M. E. church at Wood
vale, of which Rev. G. W. Mcll
nay is pastor, was dedicated free
of debt Sunday, Nov. 20. Trie
little church is a gem of beauty
and a marvel of cheapness con
sidering its excellent furnishings.
Itis30x4o feet, built of wood,
tastefully painted within and
without finished in southern pine
wood, walls daintily decorated,
hot air furnace, carpets, organ,
etc. It is worth $18oo but with
careful management it was dedi
cated free of debt for $lGoo.
This is the second church built
by Rev. G. W. Mcllnay on the
Dudley Charge in less than three
years with only $4oo debt yet on
the former costing $38oo, built in
19o9. at Coalmont. Rev. Mc
llnay was formerly pastor of the
M. E. church at Burnt Cabins,
and is a hustler.
James H. Fix left lust Satur
day morning for Pittsburg where
he expects to spend some time in
seeing the big city and visiting
friends.
A SALTY SENTENCE.
Jucge Gillan, in Franklin County, Ap
plies Heroic Treatment of the
Tramp Question.
During the past few years
thousands and tens of thousands
of dollars have been paid out of
the County treasuries of the
counties of Pennsylvania, for the
maintenance of tramps, and thus
thousands of able bodied men
ivp '.eon encouraged to roam
over the country during the sum
mer time begging their living
from people living in the country
and in the smaller towns, and in
the winter going into shelter in
the County Jails by virtue of a
card of admission from a justice
of the peace.
In Chambersburg recently, a
magistrate took the alternative of
binding one of those travelling
knights over to court instead of
giving him a night's lodging in
jail, and when the case was
brought up before a jury in
Chambersburg last Saturday, it
did not take them five minutes to
decide that he was guilty, and
they turned him over to the ten
der mercies of Judge Gillan for
sentence.
This is what the Judge said to
him:
"Tramps in this county havo
become a great nuisance, a great
expense to the taxpayers and a
menace to the people of the coun
tv. Since I hive been on the
bench I have tried to break up
the nuisance by endeavjaing to
make the tramps work, for I
think that there is nothing a
tramp dislikes more than work.
But the work plan did not go well.
Then 1 tried to secure a work
house, but that plan did not suc
ceed. I have another remedy.
It is inflicting the full ponalty of
tlio law, and I have made up my
mind to do this.
If the magistrates of the coun
ty instead of giving tramps a
thirty day sentence would bind
them over for court to answer the
act you have been convicted by
they would do well. 1 noticed in
a newspaper the other day that a
magistrate in Waynesboro had
given a tramp a sentence of forty
days in jail. I have succeeded ia
having a few magistrates co oper
ate and hold the tramps over for
court.
"The sentence of this court is
that you pay a fine of one cent,
costs of prosecution and under
go an imprisonment in the jail of
the county of Franklin for a pe
riod of twelve month. You are
remanded to the custody of the
sheriff until this sentence is com
plied with.
"I hope that every other tramp
will hear of this sentence. If you
meet any in jail, you can tell them
of it."
Corn And Dair Awards Popular.
The farmers of Pennsylvania
are greatly interested in the
valuable prizes that are being
offered by the management of the
PennsylvaniaFruit, Livestock and
Dairy Show that is to be held in
Duquesne Garden, Pittsburgh,
Pa., January 15-20, 1912. A pair
of Chester White pigs has been
offered for the best 3o ears of
corn, any variety. This affords
an unusual opportunity for a
farmer to start a herd of pure
bred hogs. The leading dairy
cattle breeders of the State have
been very liberal in their offers
of pure-bred bull calves for but
ter, cream and milk prizes.
Three Ayrshire calves and two
Jersey calves, all from dams
yielding large records of butter
fat have been offered. For infor
mation concerning these awards
write to T. D. Harman, Jr., llo
Shady Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Zimmerman Wellcr.
At the residene of the officiat
ing minister, Rev. A. G. B. Pow
ers at Need more, on Wednesday
of last week, Mr. Wilson Zim
merman and MlssRboda E, Wei
ler ooth of Thompson township,
were united In marrlago,
THE CARE OF YOUNG TREES.
What to Do For Young Trees Received
From the Nursery Too Late For
Fall Planting.
At this time of year many per
sons are writing to Prof. II. A,
Surface, State Zoologist, Harris-
burg, Pa., asking for information
as to what to do with young trees
which tbey are receiving from
nurseries, but which can not be
planted owing to the freezing
of the ground. They wish to
know if they can be kept unti
spring, and if so, bow. Such in
quiries Professor Surface has
replied to as follows:
"As long as the ground is not
frozen hard, or is not too wet, you
can plant the trees, and expect
just as good, or even better re
suits, than though they were
planted in the spring; but, of
course, when the ground is
closed by hard freezing it is im
possible to think of planting
them, and arrangements should
then be made for holding them
until it thaTs. They can be
planted at any time when it
thaws enough to work the soil,
but planters should be careful
that the trees are not set when
the ground is too wet.
"A damp cellar is a good place
which to keep trees over the win
er. Three years ago 1 carried a
cellar full during the entire win
ter with nothing over them but
some sacking material, which was
wet once or twice a month by
throwing a lliitle water over it
just to help keep it damp. If the
cellar is warm it should be cooled
off by ventilation during cold
weather.
"If no cellar is available one can
dig through the frozen crust of
earth and get down into the loose
soil, and make a deop trench in
which the trues can be heeled in
by burying the roots to a half foot
in depth greater than they grew.
Let the earth be mounded up well
around them forming a ridge, and
it will not be neccessary to use
straw, as this may possibly at
tract and protect mice. In very
cold regions, however, it will be
better to cover the young trees
with i. "xlder or some other
protecting matorial."
Local Institute.
The second local institute cf
Belfast township was held at
Pleasant Grove School December
1. The meeting was called to
order by the teacher Blair Gar
land, after which the president
Lester Mellott took charge.
Topics discussed were: 1. Arith
metic; How taught to primary
grades. 2. Essentials of a good
school. 3. G eogr aphy Ho w
taught to all grades. The'iollow-
ing teachers were Orpha Sny
der, Blanche Smith, Nelle Mor
ton, Zoe Mellott, and Lester
Mellott. Some songs and reci
tations were rendered by tue
school m a very creditable man
ner. Institute adjourned to meet
at Need more Dec. 15. Alifriends
of education are cordially invited.
Nelle Morton' Sec'y.
The third local institute in
Licking Creek township was held
at Forest Dale school, Friday
evening, December 1st The
meeting was called to order by
the teacher Miss Brant after
which director, R. M. Sipes was
appointed president.
The topics discussed were: 1.
How do you start and proceod
with a class in percentage? 2.
Discipline. 3. Interest How ac
quired and how held?
The teachers present were: A.
K Deshong, Chas. Mellott, A. J.
Strait, D. R. Sipes, Maude Strait,
Grace Hann, Edgar Alexander,
Daisy Strait, Zena Brant and
Kathryn Hoop.
Also, four directors R. R.
Sipes, Joseph Sipes, Roy M.
Sipes, andlsaiah Sipes.
Some good literary work was
furnished by the school, for which
pupils and teacher deserve much
credit. Kathryn M. Hoop, Sec
retary,
COLD WEATHER HINTS.
Save Health and Fuel by Seeing That
Air in Room is Properly
Moistened.
Karl de Schweinitz well known
in McConnellsburg, and who is
Executive Secretary, Pennsylva
nia society for the Prevention of
tuberculosis, gives the following
advice:
Dont complain if your coal bills
are high this winter. It will bo
your own fault. To fill one's
home with a hot, dry air, as most
people do, is both expensivo and
unhealthful. Tuberculosis,
pneumonia and colds lie in wait
for persons living in this kind of
atmosphore.
On the other hand,' properly
moistened air does not have to be
heated to as great a temperature
as dry air in order to bo made
comfortable.
When you feel cold, therefore
instead of seeing whether the
furnace needs fuel, find out if the
air does not want water. On a
cold day the windows of your
room should have prespired look
of a kitchen window on washday
In very cold weather the panes
ought to bo frosted. If you find
this is not the case, the air prob
ably needs a drink.
Place a pan of water in the room
or if you have steam heat, allow a
little of the 8 team to escape.
You will soon feel comfortable
although the temperature of the
room will not have risen. With
properly moistened air a room
need not be heated to more than
64 degrees.
Farmers' Week.
Farmers' Week at The Penn
sylvania State College has be
come one of the established fea
tures of work in that practical in
stitution. Many hundreds of the
more progressive farmers of the
state gather at State College dur-
ng that week to listen to discuss
ions of various phases of farming.
This year the lectures will begin
Wednesday, December 27th, and
will close Wednesday, January
3rd. One hundred and ten lec
tures will be given by fifty-two
scientists and pratical men.
Some of the most widely-known
authorities in agriculture are on
the program which is exception
ally good this year. Our readers
should write to "School of Agri
culture, Stale College, Pa." for
programs that will inlorm them
regarding the lecturers and their
subjects. Anyone who has ever
attended one of these Farmers'
Week meetings knows their value
to practical men, but there are
other thousands of farmers who
should avail themselves of this
opportunity for meeting with the
eadors in the best agriculture
practices. This conference of
farmers is divded into sections
so that horticulturists, dairy
men, animal husbandrymen, gen
eral farmers, etc., may give all
their time during the week to the
particular line of subjects that
interests them. Send for pro
gram and go to State College for
this Farmers' Week.
While in town attending the
Farmers' Institute Tuesday,
Mrs. Levi Keefer, of the Cove,
came into the News Office and
pushed her subscription ahead
another year. While Mrs. Kee
fer has a nice bunch of turkeys,
there is a flock of nine a hen and
eight young ones that she does
not have. They strayed away
from home, and have probably be
come tangled up with somebody
else's flock. They belong to
Mrs. Keefer.
Geo. Kline and his uncle Peter
Kline, the former a son, and the
latter a brother, of Uriah W,
Kline, of Licking Creek township
are visiting among their relatives
and frionds m this county after
an absence of several years.
They live near Deshler, Ohio.
Ellsworth Batdorff Is all smiles
this week owing to the arrival of
a young woodebopper last Sat
urday,
ROAD SITERYISOKS.
Important Meeting Arranged to Be Held
in McConnellsburg, Saturday, Jan
nary Thirteenth.
Not any one thing aside from
the public schools is of such vital
interest to the peoplo ot Fulton
county as the improvement of
her public roads. Good roads
mean increased value of farms;
increased size of farmers' bank
accounts; increased pleasure in
driving or hauling; and an in
creased influx of outsiders who
will want to come in make Fulton
countv their homo, and help pay
the taxes. More progress has
been made, both m schools and
roads, during the past decade,
than in a century before, auU
thoso who are living a scortj of
years from this time will so3
marvelous changes for tho belter
iu this county.
Owing to the recent changes in
the law relating to public roads,
it has been thought tho part of
wisdom for the supervisors of tho
Couuty to assemble at McUon-j
nellsburg, and havo First Deputy
Highway Commissioner Hunter
of Ilarrisburg presout to put
every officer straight in the mat
tor of his official duties. Super
visors will learn more iu an hour
from Mr, Hunter about the law,
than they would find out in a
wholo term otherwise. Hence,
let every Supervisor in tho Coun
ty make it a point to bo presout
at lo o'clock, Saturday January
13th, at the Court house, McCon
nellsburg, and hear Mr. Huuter,
and let Mr. Hunter hear what you
have to say. What's worth doing
at all, is worth doing with all
your might
BOY SCOUTS.
Russcl Swartzwclder and Donald Waid-
lich "Hike It" from Mercersburg
to This Place and Return.
On Friday, December 1, Rus
sell Swartzwelder and Donald
Waidlich, two of Merccrsburg's
Boy Scouts, loft Mercersburg in
the morning lor a hike to Mc
Connellsburg and return, a round
distance of twenty miles.
The weather was delightful
and the boys in fino kclter, and
when they reached Foltz at lo:15,
at tho end of tho first lap, they
were just warmed up about right
for hitting the mountain. At
four minutes after 12 o'clock they
had reached the top, after a con
tinuous climb of four miles and
overcoming an eltitude ot 15oo
feet. At this point, they gath
ered some wood, built a tiro, us
ing but oue match to ignite tho
wood, and prepared their dinner,
which cousisted ot broiled beof,
coffee, bread, and butter. At
12:5o, they broke camp, and went
northward along the top of tho
mountain uutil they reached the
famous Linton Rocks, where
after feasting iheir eyes on the
groat stretch of laudscapo that
lay at their feet, they broke down
through the woods over rocks
and fallen timber until they
reached tho pike, which they fol
lowed until they came to the
planing mill at the Forks of the
Pike, jnst east of town, at 2:3o.
Hore they Btoppod and "brush
ed up" lor their entry into Ful
ton's ' metropolis. They spent
the time until 4:4o taking in the
sights of the town, walking on
the splendid concrete pavomouts
and incidentally calling at the of
fice of the Fulton County News
when they turned their faces to
ward the big mountain, and had
the satisfaction of gazing from
its summit at 5:2o. Here the
boys spent thirty-five minutes
for supper, walked on to the Gap
(Foltz) until 6:45 and wore in Mer
cersburg "before bedtime,"
somewhat wearied, but with the
recollection of a very pleasant
day's outing.
Miss Myrtle Stouteagle of
McConnellsburg was visiting m
the home of Mr. Geo. C. Steiger
in Mercersburg over last Sunday
a wook.